Abbildung der Statt London - Old maps

Author: Merian, Matthäus

Publisher: Merian

Published: Frankfurt am Main

Publishing year: 1670

"Abbildung der Statt London, sambt dem erschröcklichen brandt daslesten, so 4. tagen lange gewehrt hatt. Ao. 1666. im 7bris". Orig. copper-engraving, M. Merian, Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1670. With engraved title, a cartouche with explanatory notes (1.-20. - various locations in London are noted: Yorke House, Durham House, New Exchange, Savoy, Sommerset House, St. Andre in Holb, St. Paul's Church, Guild Hall, The Royal Exchange, St. Michael, St. Petrus, etc...), many ships and boats on the Thames river and depiction of the Great Fire of London in the background. 22:35,5 cm (8 3/4 x 14 inch.).

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. - View from Southwark across the Thames.

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